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Charles Willson Peale: Art and Selfhood in the Early Republic
A biographical interpretation of the important but under-examined figure Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), an early American famous as an artist, inventor, naturalist, patriot, and patriarch.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration: Poems and Photographs, Past and Present
Lines in Long Array demonstrates the enduring impact of the Civil War on American culture by presenting poems and photographs from both the past and present, including 12 wholly new poems by contemporary poets created especially for this volume.Includes previously unpublished poetry by Eavan Boland,... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
The Chief Justice: Appointment and Influence
The Chief Justice brings together leading scholars of the courts who employ social science theory and research to explain the role of the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. They consider the chief justice's appointment, office, powers, and influence both within the Court and in the American sy... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Note on Market and Consumer Research
Discusses scope of market and consumer research, steps in the research process, and how managers use research in marketing and decision-making.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1979 -
Program Evaluation and Family Violence Research
Understand and evaluate family violence programs for your community!Twenty years ago, the major issue in creating interventions to prevent domestic violence was persuading the courts, the funding agencies, and society that domestic violence was a serious problem worthy of time, trouble, and money. N... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2000 -
Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing (8th Edition)
The #1 pediatric nursing textbook on the market, this book is known for its accuracy, current research, and highly readable writing style. It provides a foundation in child development and health promotion, and covers specific health problems - organized by age groups and body systems, so you can i... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Understanding and Conducting Research in the Health Sciences
A comprehensive introduction to behavioral and social science research methods in the health sciencesUnderstanding and Conducting Research in the Health Sciences is designed to develop and facilitate the ability to conduct research and understand the practical value of designing, conducting, interpr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
A comprehensive introduction to research methods and best practices for designing,conducting, interpreting, and reporting findings This text is designed to develop in students a passion for conducting research and an understanding of the practical value of systematic information- gathering and decis... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Understanding Business Research
Explore the essential steps for data collection, reporting, and analysis in business research Understanding Business Research offers a comprehensive introduction to the entire process of designing, conducting, interpreting, and reporting findings in the business environment. With an emphasis on the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Rethinking Economics: An Introduction to Pluralist Economics
by Liliann Fischer • Joe Hasell • J. Christopher Proctor • David Uwakwe • Zach Ward Perkins • Catriona WatsonEconomics is a broad and diverse discipline, but most economics textbooks only cover one way of thinking about the economy. This book provides an accessible introduction to nine different approaches to economics: from feminist to ecological and Marxist to behavioural. Each chapter is written by a le... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Mathematical Foundations of Neuroscience
This book applies methods from nonlinear dynamics to problems in neuroscience. It uses modern mathematical approaches to understand patterns of neuronal activity seen in experiments and models of neuronal behavior. The intended audience is researchers interested in applying mathematics to important ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021
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Second Round: A Return to the Ur-Bar
by Garth Nix • Patricia Bray • William Leisner • Diana Pharaoh Francis • Joshua Palmatier • Kristine Smith • Kari Sperring • Gini Koch • Jacey Bedford • Jean Marie Ward • Juliet E. McKenna • R. K. Nickel • Rachel Atwood • David Keener • Mike Marcus • Aaron M. RothFor thousands of years the immortal Gilgamesh has presided over the legendary Ur-Bar, witnessing history unfold from within its walls. Some days it is a rural tavern, others a fashionable wine shop. It may appear as a hidden speakeasy or take on the form of your neighborhood local. For most patrons ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
by Neil Gaiman • Dave Eggers • Scott Turow • Salman Rushdie • Michael Cunningham • Louise Erdrich • Geraldine Brooks • David Handler • Ann Patchett • Meg Wolitzer • Elizabeth Strout • Timothy Egan • Jonathan Lethem • Jacqueline Woodson • Rabih Alameddine • Lauren Groff • Victor Lavalle • Jennifer Egan • Aleksandar Hemon • Anthony Doerr • William Finnegan • Jesmyn Ward • Sergio De La Pava • George Saunders • Marlon James • Andrew Greer • Yaa Gyasi • Brit Bennett • Morgan Parker • Moriel Rothman-Zecher • Steven Okazaki • Li Yiyun • Hector Tobar • Moses Sumney • Viet Nguyen • C. J. Anders • Brenda Childs • Adrian LeBlancTo mark its 100-year anniversary, the American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman to bring together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case. <P><P>On January 19, 1920, a small ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Managing Innovation Driven Companies
by Cornelius Herstatt • Thomas Durand • Hugo Tschirky • David Probert • Hans-Georg Gemuenden • Massimo G. Colombo • Petra C. De Weerd-Nederhof • Tim SchweisfurthEmphasizing the practical side of Technology and Innovation Management, this book includes significant contributions to the practice of strategizing, management of competences and innovation management. While the findings are research-based, each contribution has 'managerial implications' which cov... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Food Instagram: Identity, Influence, and Negotiation
by Michael Z. Newman • Rachel Phillips • Yi-Chieh Jessica Lin • Jonatan Leer • Katherine Kirkwood • Joceline Andersen • Laurence Allard • Emily Buddle • Robin Caldwell • Sarah Cramer • Gaby David • Sara Garcia Santamaria • Deborah Harris • Kc Hysmith • Alex Ketchum • Yue-Chiu Bonni Leung • Tsugumi Okabe • Tara Schuwerk • Stinne Gunder Krogager • Sarah E Tracy • Emily Truman • Dawn Woolley • Zara WorthImage by image and hashtag by hashtag, Instagram has redefined the ways we relate to food. Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish edit contributions that explore the massively popular social media platform as a space for self-identification, influence, transformation, and resistance. Artists and journal... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Teacher Education across Minority-Serving Institutions: Programs, Policies, and Social Justice
by Annette M. Daoud • Brian Harper • Byung-In Seo • Carmelita Lamb • Cheryl A. Franklin Torrez • Danielle Lansing • Dewitt Scott • Denise L. Mclurkin • Emery Petchauer • Irene Welch • Jonathan Brinkerhoff • Joni S. Kolman • Laura M. Gellert • Lynnette Mawhinney • Mae S. Chaplin • Mary Bay • Norma A. Lopez-Reyna • Rosanne Ward • Sandra BrowningThe first of its kind, Teacher Education across Minority-Serving Institutions brings together innovative work from the family of institutions known as minority-serving institutions: Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Asi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Life's Work: Mike Krzyzewski
by Timothy Butler • Mike Krzyzewski • Karen Harris • David Harding • A. G. Lafley • Adi Ignatius • Roger L. Martin • Ian C. Macmillan • Rita Gunther Mcgrath • Hal Gregersen • Brent Adamson • Ron Ashkenas • Scott Cook • Scott Berinato • Leslie K. John • Nicholas Toman • David Champion • Alison Beard • Martin Ihrig • Michael Mankins • Mitchell Lee Marks • Philip Mirvis • Anthony Heyes • Cristina Gomez • Daniel Mochon • Doug Mcmillon • Erik Roelofsen • Frederic Cumenal • Janet Schwartz • Jorgen Vig Knudstorp • Oliver Emrich • Samina Karim • Steven Prokesch • Tao YueThe famous Duke University basketball coach discusses his four-decade career, how he recruits and disciplines his players, the difference between college basketball and Olympic basketball, and how he views retirement.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
A Love Letter to Europe: An outpouring of sadness and hope – Mary Beard, Shami Chakrabati, Sebastian Faulks, Neil Gaiman, Ruth Jones, J.K. Rowling, Sandi Toksvig and others
by Various • Melvyn Bragg • Lindsey Davis • Pete Townshend • Chris Cleave • Chris Riddell • Margaret Drabble • Philip Ardagh • Mary Beard • William Dalrymple • Will Hutton • Holly Johnson • Simon Callow • Prue Leith • Brian Catling • Tony Robinson • Tracey Emin • Shami Chakrabarti • Jonathan Meades • Frank Cottrell Boyce • J. K. Rowling • Jeffrey Boakye • Onjali Rauf • Peter J ConradiHow are great turning points in history experienced by individuals?As Britain pulls away from Europe great British writers come together to give voice to their innermost feelings. These writers include novelists, writers of books for children, of comic books, humourists, historians, biographers, nat... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
by Frederick Douglass • James Smith • Julius Lester • Barack Obama • Clarence Thomas • Langston Hughes • Benjamin Quarles • John Hope Franklin • Daisy Bates • Elizabeth Keckley • Mary Frances Berry • Richard Carwardine • James Weldon Johnson • Paul Laurence Dunbar • T. Thomas Fortune • James Oakes • Douglas L. Wilson • Charles Chesnutt • Gwendolyn Brooks • W. E. Du Bois • George Washington • Vincent Harding • Jackie Robinson • Sojourner Truth • Henry Johnson • St. Clair Drake • Thomas Hamilton • Michael Burlingame • Matthew Pinsker • Kelly Miller • Elizabeth Thomas • Rodney O. Davis • Hannah Johnson • Walter White • John Proctor • Claude McKay • Booker T Washington • Martin Delany • Robert Hamilton • Henry Louis Gates • Henry Highland Garnet • Edna Greene Medford • Alice Dunbar-Nelson • Thurgood Marshall • Gerald J Prokopowicz • John R Sellers • Jennifer L Weber • H. Ford Douglas • Jabez P Campbell • Henry McNeal Turner • Daniel Alexander Payne • Philip A Bell • Edward M Thomas • Alfred P Smith • Frances Ellen Harper • George B Vashon • Thomas Strother • Ezra R Johnson • Alexander T Cps • Alexander T Augusta • Jeremiah B Sanderson • Osborne P Anderson • Thomas Morris Chester • James H Hudson • Robert Purvis • Leonard A Grimes • Jeremiah Asher • John Willis Menard • Henry African Civilization Society • William Florville • Thomas R Street • John H Morgan • Mattild Burr • Amos G Beman • Richard H Cain • Jean Baptiste Roudanez • Arnold Bertonneau • George E North Carolina Freedmen • Don Carlos Rutter • George E Stephens • James W.C Pennington • S. W. Africano" • Annie Davis • S. W. Chase • Isaac J Hill • Alexander H Newton • Jacob Thomas • Angeline R Demby • Henry O Wagoner • George W Le Vere • Paul Trevigne • Thomas N.C Liverpool • H Cordelia • Emmanuel K Love • William S Scarborough • John Mercer Langston • Peter H Clark • Ews Hammond • Charles W Anderson • Harriet Tubman • Julius F Taylor • Ida B Wells-Barnett • Archibald H Grimke • Elizabeth Keckly • William A Sinclair • Jesse Max Barber • Mary Church Terrell • Reverdy C Ransom • William Monroe Trotter • Maude K Griffin • Hightower T Kealing • Silas X Floyd • George L Knox • Thomas S Inborden • George W Henderson • William Pickens • Etta M. Cottin • John M Gandy • Fred R Moore • Sylvanie F Williams • Harry C Smith • James H Magee • James L Curtis • John W. Bowen • Cora J Ball • Thomas Nelson Baker • Josephine Silone Yates • William H Lewis • John H Murphy • Robert R Wright • Theophile T Allain • Oliva Ward Bush-Banks • Richard W Gadsden • Edward A Johnson • Hubert H Harrison • Carter G Woodson • Robert R Moton • Georgia Douglas Johnson • Lamar Perkins • Samuel A Haynes • William E Lilly • Robert L Vann • William Lloyd Imes • Eugene Gordon • Arthur W Mitchell • Grace Evans • Aaron H Payne • Roscoe Conkling Simmons • Joel A Rogers • Mary McLeod Bethune • Ella Baker • Luther Porter Jackson • Willard Townsend • Ralph J Bunche • Roy Wilkins • Mordecai W Johnson • Carl J Murphy • Martin Luther King • Edith Sampson • Charles H Wesley • Julius Malcolm X • Lerone Bennett • Henry Lee Moon • John H Sengstacke • Norman E. Hodges • Arvarh E. Strickland • Barbara Jeanne FieldsThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023